Overview
- Bottom side 1. FC Magdeburg won 2-0 in Berlin through Alexander Nollenberger (74') and Rayan Ghrieb (90+10'), ending Hertha’s seven-game winning run.
- Hertha remain on 26 points and outside the top three, while Magdeburg stay last but close the gap to safety after back-to-back league victories.
- The 275th Frankenderby finished 2-2 as Nürnberg led twice via Luka Lochoshvili and Mohamed Zoma before Fürth replied through Felix Klaus and Aaron Keller on Heiko Vogel’s debut.
- Handball: HC Elbflorenz beat TV Hüttenberg 36-33 to notch an 11th win, retain a 2. Handball-Bundesliga promotion place and set a club season record with 2,498 spectators.
- In wrestling’s 2. Bundesliga, KSV Witten lost 8-25 at AC Lichtenfels, winning two of ten bouts as the team later questioned decisions by the mat official.